One yr old screaming in his sleep

[littleraysofsunshine]

He is teething so this is a reason for being unsettled. But some recent nights he will moan, then I will try to soothe, then he screams, Abd sometimes hold his head? Then go back to sleep.

I give bonjela, or hugs, nurse him, cal pol if needed. Water?

He's git all the teething symptoms and has now woke up with a cough.

But the screams are piercing sometimes, doesn't know what he wants.

???

I often find that the piercing screams are to do with either pain or frustration at wanting to be asleep. When in pain, one leads to the other.

For example teething pain could have woke your DS. Then because he is tired and wants to sleep, the screams continue not just because of the pain, but because of acute frustration at being woke from a deep sleep.

This sounds similar. It does sound like he just doesn't want to be disturbed but us by teeth etc. Not sure how wise I can help him

Piercing scream again tonight. Fast asleep but crazy for about ten mins
What is it???

He's a little young for it, but it sounds like a night terror to me. This happened to DS2 for a while, screaming loud enough to wake the dead and pushing me away when I tried to cuddle him. It's distressing but normal.

Teething or constipation make my ds who's about the same age react like this. As previous poster said being in a deep sleep and being bothered by pain causes them to react almost automatically and inconsolabley

Night terrors. Sometimes dd2 will be crying and sound very distressed, but when I go into her, she's not awake and doesn't respond to me. Making sure she doesn't get over tired before bedtime helps.

When she's teething, she's sat up, awake in her cot crying, so that's how i know the difference.

Dd had night terrors too from a very early age, she still gets them now almost age 4 but very rarely.
She gets them when she's overtired and the only way to calm her is to completely wake her (which is tough!) and start her sleep from scratch.

Good luck x